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Summary
Initial Light Tests for Project Orphium. In these experiments, a small white light source is manipulated using 1-inch (2.5cm) blocks made of wood and acyrilic. The first experiment was done using an ad-hoc lightboard with a tubular LED desk lamp as a placeholder light source. The second experiment was done with the intended light source (a Gantom Precision Z floodlight). The table was too low for this light, so I switched to projection instead of the lightboard. Eventually, the idea will be to have the dimness of the light source be controlled by computer and synchronized to sound.
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lightboard
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content
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Lightboard Tests
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children
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2024_01_15_lightboard_test, 2024_01_17_acrylic_blocks, 2024_02_08_RBWY, 2024_02_08_RCWY, 2024_02_08_blocks_5color, 2024_02_08_blocks_6color, 2024_02_08_blocks_light, 2024_02_08_blocks_light2, 2024_02_08_colorrows, 2024_02_08_lighthole, 2024_02_08_mondrian, 2024_02_08_one, 2024_02_08_whiteblue
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projection
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content
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Projection Tests
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children
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2024_02_20_blob_altar, 2024_02_20_blob_altar_bts, 2024_02_20_blobs, 2024_02_20_blobs_floor, 2024_02_20_colorglyphs, 2024_02_20_colorgrid, 2024_02_20_cosmic_statue, 2024_02_20_cosmic_statue_bts, 2024_02_20_face, 2024_02_20_face_bluehaze, 2024_02_20_face_bluehaze_bts, 2024_02_20_face_bluered, 2024_02_20_face_redhaze, 2024_02_20_light_henge, 2024_02_20_light_henge_bts, 2024_02_20_statue, 2024_02_20_sunrise, 2024_02_20_sunrise_oblong, 2024_02_20_sunrise_oblong_bts, 2024_02_20_tetrisy, 2024_02_20_tower, 2024_02_20_underwater_greenshadow, 2024_02_20_underwater_greenshadow_bts
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2024_01_15_lightboard_test
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content
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Lightboard Test
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children
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2024_01_17_acrylic_blocks (A few days later, the first blocks came in the mail)
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parents
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lightboard, equipment
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remarks
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Before I even got any blocks, I assembled this lightboard from parts around my apartment, which included a glass riser table, binder clips, microfiber towels, paper towels, and a tubular LED desk lamp with the base unscrewed.
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image
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2024_01_17_acrylic_blocks
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content
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Initial Acrylic Blocks
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children
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2024_02_08_colorrows (Next Phase)
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parents
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2024_01_15_lightboard_test, lightboard
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remarks
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I was pretty excited by the quality of the acrylic color blocks and the way the camera photographed it. In this scene, I was using microfiber clothes to cover the exposed parts of the lightboard. The wood blocks still had to be ordered. I was still wondering if this was a good idea or not. After this I felt it was good enough to go to the next phase.
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image
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2024_02_08_one
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content
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One
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parents
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lightboard
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remarks
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restricting lights to a single acrylic cube (the number of cubes I had at this point was limited, so I thought to start here)
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image
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2024_02_08_lighthole
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content
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Light Hole
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children
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2024_02_08_RCWY (Use of lightholes to get the white color), 2024_02_08_whiteblue (also uses open holes in the grid to produce the color white)
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parents
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lightboard
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remarks
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This was made by arranging wood blocks, and leaving a single gap for light to get through. I thought this was a very dramatic effect.
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image
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2024_02_08_mondrian
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content
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Mondrian
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children
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2024_02_08_RBWY (elabration)
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parents
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lightboard
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remarks
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This arrangement, consisting of the primary colors blue, white, and red, is inspired by Mondrian. Mondrian found himself focused on extracting the pure essence of ideas using abstraction. In a similar vein, I found myself trying to start with smaller forms like this to figure out the essence of the medium I was working with.
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image
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2024_02_08_blocks_5color
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content
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blocks: 5 colors
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children
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2024_02_08_blocks_6color (elaboration, iteration)
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parents
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lightboard
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remarks
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This was taken towards the end of my photo shoot. I had just figured out how to use the "night mode" of my camera. The illumination is quite dramatic here. I'm cautious about enjoying this, as it starts being more about playing with the camera sensor rather than exploring light in a space.
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image
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2024_02_20_colorgrid
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content
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Colorgrid
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children
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2024_02_20_tetrisy (elaboration)
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parents
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projection
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remarks
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First thing I tried to do was make a grid-like structure. A natural inclination. Reminds me of some of disco, and maybe some mid-century modern graphic design. I did not expect the borders to be so pronounced.
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image
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2024_02_20_colorglyphs
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content
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Color Glyphs
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parents
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2024_02_20_tetrisy, projection
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remarks
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I tried making the forms more glyph like, similar to some of the kufic-inspired designs I make in other projects. An interesting restriction right here is at the moment I only have a finite number of each color.
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image
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2024_02_20_face
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content
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Face
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children
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2024_02_20_face_redhaze (elaboration: change ambient light color)
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parents
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projection
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remarks
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Faces and pareidolia are a natural part of my work involving vocal synthesis. I couldn't not make a face.
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image
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2024_02_20_blob_altar_bts
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content
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Blob Altar: Behind the Scenes
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parents
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projection, 2024_02_20_blob_altar
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remarks
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A shot of blob altar including the lighting element setup. Note the surprising asymmetry of the blocks. Approached this way, working with blocks and light very much becomes a spatial art.
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2024_02_20_sunrise_oblong_bts
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content
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Oblong Sunrise (Behind the Scenes)
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parents
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projection, 2024_02_20_sunrise_oblong
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remarks
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This provides a better shot for how the sunrise was made. In addition to the rotated and unrotated cubes providing the figures, I'm also placing light purple blocks in front of the light source to give it a darker backdrop. There's also wood blocks on top of the purple blocks, which makes for a darker night sky.
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2024_02_20_cosmic_statue_bts
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content
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Cosmic Statue (Behind the Scenes)
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parents
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projection, 2024_02_20_cosmic_statue
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remarks
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I like how spaced out the blocks are here. It becomes clear that the 2d projection is caused by a 3d sculpture. There could be a storytelling element in that idea somewhere. Not sure.
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image
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2024_02_20_precision_z
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content
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Precision Z Flood Light, Cool white
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parents
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equipment
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remarks
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This is the new light source, a Precision Z cool white flood light by Gantom. The form factor is really what got me interested in this particular light. It is conceivable to control the brightness of this light from an arduino using PWM. My hope is that I'll be able to control using a computer using signals from a sound patch send to a "light channel" abstraction.
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2024_02_24_redlight_resonator
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content
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La Voile Acoustic Resonator illuminated by the Red Light presentation, so I wanted to see what it would look like.
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parents
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red_light
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remarks
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I figured the red light would be used as a kind of wash, and that the resonator would be a major part of the
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image
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2024_02_25_redlight_window
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content
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Red light from out the window
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parents
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red_light
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remarks
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With an ominous red light, I of course had to try freaking out the neighbors by shining it out the window at night. I've also been watching a lot of X-files, which has it's fair share of spooky lights coming from windows with open blinds.
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